Dysfunctional Sales Organization - Odd culture - werkgeversreview Sales Consultant bij Salesforce

2,0
21 dec 2017
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Many different interesting technologies Salary and benefits are competitive Marc Benioff is an inspirational leader Commitment to volunteerism is great Nice facilities

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Satellite office has high turnover for Account Executives and RVPs which damages relationships with customers. Sales Management is based out of HQ and is out of touch with territory. They don’t listen to input from local employees. Company wastes a lot of money flying people from HQ when local teams are perfectly capable of running Sales Cycles without micro management. Seasoned sales professionals with 20+ yrs of experience are being told what to do in their territories which DO NOT even remotely resemble HQ territory. Market is softer in satellite locations yet zero acknowledgement from management, they just churn more reps. Sales management creates busy work to generate pipe instead of acknowledging regional market forces and developing strategies for impactful go-to-market. Core account teams only seem to understand CRM and Service resulting in missed opportunity to sell extended portfolio. Some are so ignorant on the technology stack they make incorrect recommendations to customers which damages our credibility in the accounts. Overlay teams are deliberately excluded, even told by core not to contact customers, which causes significant internal conflict. Overlays seem to be second class citizens despite Benioff’s vision to expand beyond CRM/Service, and of course -Ohana . Ohana is for core sales and HQ, not satellite workers. Reporting organizational dysfunction to management results in an HR ticket and a dismissal of your concerns. HR will interview the offenders who will collaborate against the feedback and then you become the problem. Even if you report a “customer complaint” about sales practices, HR gives lip service about how they aren’t focused on this area. So much for code of conduct- it’s not worth the bother to report anything.

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4,0
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I've spent over 8 years with Salesforce in various management and individual contributor roles, all customer or partner facing. Some of the pros: - vibrant, fast paced culture - smart, fun, aggressive colleagues - management is focused on latest tech trends and staying or becoming a leader for many of them - by and large, customers and partners are very positive about the technology - good benefits and perqs - hip urban culture at HQ - a chart-your-own-course mentality that rewards those who aggressively seek out the job they want and pursue it, or sometimes even create it

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After my long tenure and many Dreamforce conferences, I'm nearly fried. To say the culture is fast paced and the focus is always changing is an understatement. The reason Salesforce always seems on top, and chasing the latest trend, and in the press, is because employees are expected to run harder, carry more, cheer loudly, and pivot constantly. It's the world's biggest startup in behavior. But at the same time, with the recent influx of top career sales leaders from Oracle and what appears to be a board-level mandate for doubling revenue, employees are being asked to do even more with even less, fill higher quotas with smaller territories, less help, and the big company bureaucracy is rearing it's ugly head. Worse still is the politics. When you hire a bunch of smart, aggressive people, and put them in an environment of outsized expectations, throw in a bunch of re-orgs and changing management, and sprinkle with uncertainty and constantly changing priorities, you inevitably get people back stabbing each other and throwing others under the bus to appear smarter and more worthy of promotion. The few at the top will get very, very rich. The rest will lose the sense of personal ownership and start to wonder why they've given up health and family

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It's not often that you get the opportunity to respond to a review 10 years in but your comprehensive and thoughtful review has managed to hold on as one of our most popular even a decade in :) It’s exciting to see that the things we love most about the Salesforce of today — super smart colleagues, being at the forefront of tech trends and establishing ourselves as leaders in the space, great benefits and perks to name a few — haven’t changed in the past 10 years. We acknowledge the challenges you faced, such as the pace, shifting priorities, and internal politics. Your advice on maintaining our foundational vision while avoiding big-company bureaucracy is helpful as we continue to grow as the #1 AI CRM. Salesforce is committed to balancing growth with employee well-being and staying true to our core values. We appreciate your insights and dedication over the years. Thanks again for your feedback!
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